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The Farkhunda Trust is a UK Registered Charity No. 1165763 which is dedicated to providing scholarships and mentoring to exceptional female students in Afghanistan...

Support girls in Afghanistan whose education has been impacted by conflict and Covid-19 by raising £55,000

The Farkhunda Trust’s mission is to provide scholarships for talented but disadvantaged girls in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan, 78% of women have experienced violence as the people have suffered four decades of war and conflict. Moreover, 60% of the population live below the line of poverty, of which 80% are women. 
Due to Covid-19, students are struggling in challenging home based study environments, with inadequate facilities and infrastructure. 

Therefore we aim to help 44 disadvantaged girls in higher education to cope with Covid-19 by supplying home office equipment. This will create a comfortable office space with the technical facilities needed to enable them to compete their studies.

Raising £55,000 will help us to provide: 
- 44 Home offices comprising of a desk, chair and partition: £200 each to complete their 4 year studies 

- 31 Computers: £500 each to complete their 4 year studies

- 44 Food & pocket money for a year: £500 each 

- 44 Online home-based mentoring: £200 each for a year

Marzia Fakori graduated in autumn 2019. She was the most​intelligent student during her studies. She now has a daughter. She​plans to get a Master Degree, but presently she has a job with a​private school in Ghazni. She is thankful to the FT Director and all of
the leadership and supporters for providing her with this golden
opportunity.

Zainab Najib got married and has a baby. She is in her fourth year at Gawharshad university. Zainab conducted a seminar on civil and comparative law food university students. She has been doing
research on familiarisation and recognition of penalty law.

Ruqia Rezai is a second year law student. She worked with the Election Complaint Commission during her last term, and helped women who wanted to apply for contract base jobs. After her contract finished with the Election Complaint Commission she applied for UNRO, working for women and
children, and received a job offer. She will start her work after the quarantine period has passed. In addition, she has been teaching literacy to women of her neighbourhood, while looking after her four year old daughter. Ruqia was recruited as the FT scholar because she faced domestic violence and had
been divorced.